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The 55 - 120 metre wide asteroid 2001 QJ142 will make a close pass (68.2 lunar distances, 0.1751 AU), travelling at 3.73 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 30th November, 2012 @ 00:03 UT ±00:01. 

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The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).



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Orbital elements:
2001 QJ142                                               Earth MOID = 0.0104 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
M 125.23896              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.90081849     Peri.   63.92582     -0.36857003     +0.92959048
a   1.0618044      Node   184.45303     -0.87106869     -0.34693918
e   0.0860964      Incl.    3.10375     -0.32464667     -0.12447790
P   1.09           H   23.7           G   0.15           U   2

MPEC 2012 - T84



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The 55 - 120 metre wide asteroid 2001 QJ142 will make a close pass (74.3 lunar distances, 0.1909 AU), travelling at 8.46 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 22nd March, 2012 @ 01:20 UT ±05:41.

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The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).



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